Two-part suit.



J. M. VAN HEUSEN.

TWO-PART SUIT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-19', 1915.

Patented Nov. 14, 1916.

% Muzak JOHN M. VAN HEUSEN, or JAMAICA ILAIN, MASSACHUSETTS.

TWO-PART SUIT.

Application filed January 19, 1915. Serial No. 3,010.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. vax HEUSEN, a citizen of the United Statesresiding at and whose post-oflice address is No. 101 Robinwood avenue, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Two -Part Suits; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The purpose of the invention herein disclosed is to afford a two-part suit, (particu: larly a sleeping suit-such as pajamas) such that the upper garment is prevented from working up, with respect to the lower garment, by means which avoid uncomfortable binding or restraint and which add to, rather'thandetract from, the tasteful appearance of the garment as a whole.

In the accompanying drawing in which the invention is illustrated, and in which the same reference numerals refer to similar Fig. 3 is a detail view of the upper portion of the lower garment as seen from the back thereof; Fig. 4 is a detail view showing a modification of the means for securing the girdle to the upper garment, and Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 showing a further modification of the girdle retaining means. Referring'to the drawing, 1 indicates the lower garment which, in the embodiment of the invention shown, consists of a pair of trousers. A waist encircling member, or

irdle, 2, such as a sash, is secured, adjacent 1ts central portion, to the waist band of the trousers in any suitable manner, and preferably at the back thereof. as shown in Fig. 3. It will, of course, be understood that the .sash may be either fixedly or detachably secured and that a cord or belt, or other form of girdle, may be used instead of the sash, if desired.

The upper garment 3, in the embodiment of the invention shown, consists of a jacket which, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, is provided at each side with a pan of openings 4 which are so positioned in the jacket that when it isworn they will coincide with the waist band of the trousers and will be directly above the hips of the person wearing the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14,1916.

suit. This arrangement hasthe advantage I that when the girdle is passed through these openings it draws the jacket .to the body only over a limited area atthe hips, permitting the jacket to hang straight and free at back and front, thereby giving a smart fitted ef- 1 feet; and it also avoids binding or restraint in the forward and backward movements of the body which are likely to be made while sitting up and reclining inhed and while dresslng.

In the preferred form of the invention the cloth between the openings 4 is formed as a tab 8 adapted to be buttoned at its lower end to the jacket, as shown in Fig. 1. This permits 'the'trousers to be disconnected from the jacket without withdrawing the sash, and to be reconnected by passing the tabs 8 beneath the sash 2 and buttoning them.

After putting the trousers and the jacket on, the tab 8 is passed under the sash 2 and buttoned, or the sash is passed through the pairs of openings 4, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2., the ends of the sash being then tied in front in the usual manner and the jacket buttoned. In order 'to hold the front portion of the sash in position, the trousers are preferably provided with a strap 5 under which one end of the sash is passed before the ends are tied, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

Instead of forming openings 4 in the sides of the upper garment'3, as above described,

straps 6, shownin Fig. 4, may be secured to the inside of the garment at each side thereof in which straps the girdle may be interlaced, or loops 7, shown in Fig. 5, may be substituted for the straps 6, it being, of

course, understood that the straps 6 and the loops 7 will be so positioned as to lie above the hips of the wearer and to coincide with the waist band of the lower garment. The sash is preferably of such a length that the lower garment may be partially removed 2. In a two-part suit, an upper garment and a lower garment, the upper garment overhanging the lower garment outside thereof and a sash interlacing in the two garments, to prevent objectionable separation thereof when'worn, the sash being long enough to permit partial removal of the lower garment without disengaging the sash from the upper garment. I

3. In a two-part'suit, an upper garment and a lower garment, the upper garment overhanging the lower garment outside thereof and a supporting girdle interlacing in the two arments, to prevent objectionable separation thereof when worn, the interlacing of the girdle with the upper garment being confined to the side portions thereof at the waist line immediately above the hips, the said portions of the upper garmeagre ment being in the form of tabs detachably connected to the jacket at one end.

4. In {a two-part suit, an upper garment and a lower garment, the upper garment overhangin the lower garment outside thereof, an a supporting girdle attached to the back portion of the lower garment and adapted to interlace with the upper garment to prevent objectionable separation of the garments when worn, the interlacing of the girdle with the upper garment being confined to the side portions thereof at the waist line immediately above the hips.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN-M. VAN HEUSEN.

Witnesses:

WALTER BATES FARR, NELSON B. Tom. 

